Portable Mind: A sort of travel guidetag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-2085792010-12-19T14:02:45-05:00travel guidance and ideas, with a focus on restaurants, food, wine, and hotels.TypePad#reverb10: holiday and healing in the southwesttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834528dda69e20148c6e27514970c2010-12-19T14:02:45-05:002010-12-19T14:53:59-05:00It's long been a travel dream of mine to spend the holiday season in the southwest, particularly Santa Fe.KirstenThe Breakers, Palm Beachtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834528dda69e20133f3a0f1fe970b2010-09-03T13:30:43-04:002010-09-04T11:00:37-04:00This summer, we opted for the quiet lushness of Palm Beach instead of action-filled Miami. A perfect getaway if you're looking to disconnect on a beach with a book, a cocktail, and not much more. What it lacks in hipness,...KirstenHigh Tech Hotels: The Wit Doubletree, Chicagotag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834528dda69e201348640ae2d970c2010-08-16T21:28:45-04:002010-08-16T21:28:45-04:00My piece for PCMag.com on theWit hotel in Chicago.The first in a series about hotels across the country that are technologically advanced, and setting a new standard for the hospitality industry.KirstenWeekend in Los Angelestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834528dda69e20133f2450bc2970b2010-07-13T22:20:05-04:002010-07-13T22:20:05-04:00Above, a short slideshow of our weekend in LA. Of note: Pizzeria Mozza. Utterly delicious. For further reading until I post more details, see my post about the Dwell on Design conference (one of the reasons we were in LA)...KirstenPrelude to a weekend in LAtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834528dda69e2013484ca3809970c2010-06-22T22:58:25-04:002010-07-13T22:02:08-04:00When I first arrived in LA to go to design school at the age of 17, I was disappointed. I'd chosen LA because I wanted to move as far away from New York as I could, and I grew up...KirstenSummer travel ideastag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834528dda69e201348284e64d970c2010-05-30T09:52:24-04:002010-05-30T09:52:24-04:00Delightful travel story from Frank Bruni (NYT) about one of the best, and most affordable, places in Europe - Portugal. photo from Virsi al sol on Flickr.KirstenMadrid. And then some.tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834528dda69e20120a8d89836970b2010-02-26T13:17:51-05:002010-02-26T13:30:52-05:00New city guide from Design*Sponge - Madrid. Which makes me think of my dream portugal-spain roadtrip - If you're lucky enough to go on this driving trip through northern Portugal and northern Spain, AC Hotels is a chain of stylish,...KirstenForecast: Endless Snowtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834528dda69e20120a8d321c2970b2010-02-25T11:41:59-05:002010-02-25T11:43:45-05:00This winter season seems to be neverending, and the grey, slushy streets of New York city have finally gotten to me. Though I have been pining for an escape to Miami. Or Mexico. Or St Lucia... I came across this...KirstenFinally portable! Carry-on size beauty productstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834528dda69e2012877ac6ab3970c2010-02-16T22:31:42-05:002010-02-16T22:31:42-05:00From 3floz.com, a new e-commerce Web site for travel-friendly beauty products from NYTimes T MagazineKirstenjust back from - San Franciscotag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834528dda69e20120a80b1afb970b2010-01-31T19:23:05-05:002010-01-31T19:23:05-05:00just back from san francisco. as usual, it was all about the food & drink. Kirsten